What is CVE-2026-49465?

CVE-2026-49465 is a high-severity vulnerability in N8n, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2026-06-23.

How severe is CVE-2026-49465?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Path Traversal in N8n

CVE-2026-49465

n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 1.123.48, 2.21.8, and 2.22.4, an authenticated user with permission to create or modify workflows could supply a local filesystem path as the source repository in the Git node's Clone operation, or as the target repository in the Push operation, bypassing the N8N_RESTRICT_FILE_ACCESS_TO file sandbox. This allowed the contents of any local git repository accessible to the n8n process to be cloned into an allowed path and read, circumventing the access restrictions that correctly blocked direct file reads to the same paths. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.123.48, 2.21.8, and 2.22.4.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.005 (44.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

N8n
N8n-io N8n — versions < 1.123.48, >= 2.0.0-rc.0, < 2.21.8, >= 2.22.0, < 2.22.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-49465?: CVE-2026-49465 is a high-severity vulnerability in N8n, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2026-06-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-49465?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.